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Ha, Extended Universe writing. Finally reading Legacy of the Force, which I took my time about getting to since I'm taking Jaina from many years before it and it therefore isn't relevant to her characterization. Anyway, time to laugh at a bad excerpt.
Betrayal: Jaina, too, was in standard Jedi robes, hers made of hard-wearing cloth suited to travel and styled to be less conspicuously those of a Jedi Knight.
...if they're styled to be less conspicuous than the robes of a Jedi Knight, they aren't standard Jedi robes, now are they?
Also, knowing that Jacen's actions in LotF was his attempt to unite and order the galaxy, I find his attempts to see what would happen if they didn't act at the beginning kind of funny:
He let his mind drift for a moment into the future-into one possible future, one most likely to result from the actions Luke was describing-and caught just a vision of vast fleets at war, of planetary surfaces suffering bombardment, of brother and sister firing on each other. The brief glimpse turned his stomach.
His actions cause all of it anyway WHOOPS.
Finally oh god, Han and Leia speculate where Jaina's preferences in men comes from:
"Well, if she likes taller men, it's probably a preference she picked up from her upbringing."
"Oh?" Han considered. "You think she's more comfortable with taller men because of me?"
"No, because of Chewbacca."
MOM DON'T JOKE ABOUT HAVING ONE'S SEXUALITY INFORMED BY WOOKIES
Betrayal: Jaina, too, was in standard Jedi robes, hers made of hard-wearing cloth suited to travel and styled to be less conspicuously those of a Jedi Knight.
...if they're styled to be less conspicuous than the robes of a Jedi Knight, they aren't standard Jedi robes, now are they?
Also, knowing that Jacen's actions in LotF was his attempt to unite and order the galaxy, I find his attempts to see what would happen if they didn't act at the beginning kind of funny:
He let his mind drift for a moment into the future-into one possible future, one most likely to result from the actions Luke was describing-and caught just a vision of vast fleets at war, of planetary surfaces suffering bombardment, of brother and sister firing on each other. The brief glimpse turned his stomach.
His actions cause all of it anyway WHOOPS.
Finally oh god, Han and Leia speculate where Jaina's preferences in men comes from:
"Well, if she likes taller men, it's probably a preference she picked up from her upbringing."
"Oh?" Han considered. "You think she's more comfortable with taller men because of me?"
"No, because of Chewbacca."
MOM DON'T JOKE ABOUT HAVING ONE'S SEXUALITY INFORMED BY WOOKIES